Display-rack.



PATENTBD JUNE A, 1907.

A. o. LA MAY. DISPLAY` RACK.

vAPPLI-ATION FILED NOV. 6, 1905.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

,1- @OU f IP@ I@ @o @o uventoz No. 855,462. PATENTBD JUNE A, 1907.

A. 0. LA MAY.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED NGV. 6, 1905.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

PATLNTLD JUNE 4,' 19o'7 A. G. LA MAY. DISPLAY LACK. APPLIUATION FILED No'v. e, 190m 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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ARTHUR C. LA MAY, OF ROCHESTER, New YORK, ASSTGNOR, RY MRSNE ASSTGNMENTS, TO AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A JOINT STOCK ASSOCIATION OR NRW YORK.

DISPLAY-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

Application fll'ed NOVember 6, 1905. Serial No. 286010.

of New York, have invented certain new and.

useful Improvements in Display-Racks g and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and

1c to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to improvements in devices for exhibiting articles for sale and other purposes, and the object ofthe invention is to provide such a device that is particularly adapted for exhibiting such articles as illustrated post cards in such a way that a large assortment of them may be carried at a time and in such a 'way that they may be examined conveniently.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully explained, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the 2 5 specification.

ln the drawing: Figure 1 represents in elevation, a display rack constructed in accordance with my invention, the middle portion of the rack being broken. away for the pur- 3o poses of illustration. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a rack such as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a part of the rack showing one of the holders for supporting the cards in a vertical position. Figs. 4 and 5 are per- 5 5 spective views of the slide and rest respectively, of the card holder shown in Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the horizontal Slides.

Similar reference numerals in the several 4o figures indicate similar parts.

The present form of my invention is adapted to receive packages of cards with their longer dimensions both in horizontal and vertical arrangement so as to accommodate those cards having the views or illustrations thereon extending vertically in the direction of the length of the card as well as those in which the illustrations may be viewed while the longer edges of the cards occupy a horizontal position, and the present embodiment of my invention comprises a base 1 provided 'with a vertical shaft or standard 2, and'this card holders.

The rack in its present form embodies the horizontal journal members 3 and 4 to receive the standard and suitably spaced on the peripheries of these ournal members are a plurality of'arms Jfor receiving a series of vertical guides 5 and 5a at their outer ends.

It is preferable to arrange the holders for receiving the cards with their longer ends in horizontal position, alternately in relation to those for receiving the cards when stood on the shorter end, and in carrying this arrangement into effect, the guides 5 are provided with a plurality of slides 6, which on refer? ring to Fig. 6, it will be seen are each made up of a pair of side members 7 and S, each of these members being provided with `the .clamping jaws 9 and 10, shaped to embrace the edges of the guide 5, the latter being preferably formed of flatmaterial, a clamping screw 11 passing through apertures in the side members for clamping the jaws thereof firmly upon the edges of the guide to retain the slide in adjusted positions. The side 'members are connected by a partition 12, the latter being preferably formed of sheet metal extending horizontally between the side members from their outer ends inwardly to a point near the clamping screw, where it is provided with a turned-up portion 13 to form a stop for the inner edges of the cards, the side members being unattached from the tive motion for engaging and disengaging the edges of the guide. This partition may be secured in any suitable manner to the side members, but an advantageous construction is to providel the partition with a plurality of lateral ears or cleats 14 adapted to pass through corresponding apertures in the side members, and by clenching these on the Outside of the side members7 the parts will be securely held together, and in this way the side members and the partition may all be punched from sheet material and readily assembled without requiring the services of Skilled labor. Each ofthe Slides thus formed provides a pair of longitudinal pockets at the upper and lower sides of the partition adapted to receive the corresponding edges of the cards, and by spacing them at the proper disstandard supports a revoluble vrack for the stop 13 to the aws to permit the latter rela-v IOO holders embodies. a rest having a horizontal seat 15 with the upturned ilanges 16 and 17 at the front and rear thereof to support and hold the lower ends of the cards, the rear flange 17 being provided with an offset plate 18 t'o receive the guide .5a between it and the rear edge of the horizontal seat 15, the guide passing through the aperture 19, and in this way the rest may be secured in position by a f screw or rivet 2O passing through the guide and the offset plate 18. Cooperating with this rest is a slide 21 having a iinger 22 Jfor engaging the face of the cards and holding them. ina pack against the guide 5'LL as a support, this slide being provided with the portions 23 adapted to embrace the edges of the guide to control the movement of the slide, operation of the slide being accomplished by manipulation of the handle 24 by the finger. In inserting the cards into this form of holder, the lower edges of the cards are inserted between the flanges 16 and 17 so that they will rest on the seat 15 and by allowing the slide 21 to fall by gravity, the finger 22 thereon will rest in front of the cards to prevent their displacement.

In arranging the respective holders on the rack, it is generally preferable to space the Slides 6 for the horizontally-arranged cards at such distances around the rack that the holders which are between them for holding the cards in vertical arrangement will be assisted in centering the cards by their engagement with the slide 6 at their Vside edges, as this will prevent their sliding laterally on the rest, and at the same time the rack will be completely filled by the cards, so that its entire surface is utilized for display purposes.

A display rack constructed in accordance With my invention is made up largely lof a plurality of duplicate parts which coperate in a novel manner to support the cards or other articles to the best advantage, and as these parts may be punched from sheet material by machinery and readily assembled,

l a strong rack of large capacity is provided at a small cost.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with a revoluble rack having a series of vertically-extending guides thereon, of a plurality of slides extending radially of the rack and adjustable on the guides relatively to one another, said slides having grooves between them for receiving the articles for display. f

2. The combination with a revoluble rack, having aseries of vertically-extending guides thereon, of slides spaced relatively to one another on one oi the guides, and having grooves between them to receive articles for display, and a rest and a slide coperating therewith to form article holders arranged alternately between those formed by the slides.

3. 1n a display rack, the combination with a guide, of two or more slides carried by the guide having pockets extending longitudinally thereof for slidingly receiving articles for display, one of the holders having a pair of clamping jaws for engaging the guide to retain the slide in adjusted position thereon.

4. In a display rack, the combination with a guide, of a pair oi slides having longitudinal pockets thereon for receiving the articles for display between. them, the slides being m'ade up of a pair of side members having jaws thereon for clamping the guide, and Aa partition connecting the side members for supporting the articles.

5. In a display rack, the combination With a guide, of a plurality of slides on the guide for receiving the articles for display, the slides being made up of a pair of side members7 and a partition connecting the side members and dividing the space between the members into upper and lower pockets eX- tending longitudinally of the slide, one end of the partition being bent to form a stop at one end of the slide.

6. In a display rack, the combination with a guide, or a plurality of card-receiving slides supported by the guide, each slide being made up of a pair of side members ,having laterally bent portions to form jaws for engaging the guide, clamping means adjacent IOO to the aws, and a partition secured between ARTHUR C. LA MAY.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE A. BATEMAN,

AG. WILLARD RICH. 

